The Dominion

- LIQUOR
TAX: The treasury is considering a plan to reap
substantially more tax from drinkers to offset the costs of
alcohol misuse, especially among the young.

- DAMAGED 767:
Flights for hundreds of Air NZ passengers were delayed or
cancelled at the weekend because of emergency checks after
part of a wing flap fell off a Boeing 767 as it was about to
land in Auckland.

- SEX ATTACK: Another attack on a woman
in central Wellington has prompted Mayor Mark Blumsky to
call for fast tracking of plans to introduce surveillance
cameras.

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